Fri Dec 27 2024

19 articles - From Friday Dec 20 2024 to Friday Dec 27 2024

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Guidelines

Guidelines and related publications, position statements, white papers, technical reviews, consensus statements, etc…


Meta-analysis

meta-analyses and systematic reviews

Pancreatology

High prevalence of pancreatic steatosis in pancreatic cancer patients: A meta-analysis and systematic review.

PDAC patients have a high prevalence of PS, and they are significantly more likely to have PS compared to controls. These findings emphasize the need to prioritize a standardized approach to the diagnosis, follow-up, and treatment of PS, with future studies focusing on identifying patients who would benefit from PDAC surveillance programs.

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Original articles

RCT, clinical trials, retrospective studies, etc…

Am J Clin Nutr

Association of the EAT-Lancet diet, serial measures of serum proteome and gut microbiome, and cardiometabolic health: a prospective study of Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults.

Our study presents key molecular evidence to support the role of EAT-Lancet diet adherence in promoting cardiometabolic health.

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Associations of body composition at birth and accretion from 0-5 years with kidney function and volume at the 10-year follow-up: the Ethiopian iABC birth cohort.

A higher conditional FFM gain in age from 3-6 months resulted in better kidney function at the 10-year follow-up, whilst a higher conditional FFM gain in age from 4-5 years resulted a lower kidney function. Kidney volume at the 10-year follow-up was associated with higher birth FFM and higher conditional FM or FFM growth in most growth periods.

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Associations of early childhood exposure to severe acute malnutrition and recovery with cardiometabolic risk markers in later childhood: 5-year prospective matched cohort study in Ethiopia.

Both rapid BAZ increase and decrease during early post-recovery from SAM were associated with greater cardiometabolic risk 5-years later. The findings indicate the need to target post-recovery interventions to optimize healthy weight recovery.

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Maize consumption and circulating aflatoxin levels in Mexican middle- and older-aged adults: A cross-sectional analysis.

Maize and maize tortilla intake was associated to AFB1-lys concentrations. This association appears to be driven by consumption of tortillas made from homemade masa.

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Standardized Assessment of Energy Excretion in Healthy Adults: A Novel Methodology.

This study presents a standardized and efficient methodology for accurately assessing energy excretion using dye-labeled replacement bars. The findings underscore the notable yet variable role of energy excretion in energy balance and suggest that this method could enhance the precision of future energy balance studies.

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The null need not be nil: Clarifying the parallel arbitrariness of difference testing and equivalence testing.

When contrasted with the requirements of equivalence testing (where the smallest effect size of interest must be explicitly declared and justified a priori, in the form of the equivalence zone), it is therefore understandable how the misperception of greater arbitrariness could emerge. By combating the latter misperception, our comments serve to promote good practice in both difference testing and equivalence testing.

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Inflamm Bowel Dis

Dietary Carrageenan Amplifies the Inflammatory Profile, but not Permeability, of Intestinal Epithelial Cells from Patients With Crohn's Disease.

Dietary CGN caused upregulation of inflammatory markers and affected cytokine release of intestinal epithelial cells from CD patients, while permeability remained unaltered. When inflammation was already present, this pro-inflammatory effect was more pronounced, suggesting a role for dietary CGN during active CD.

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Escherichia coli Nissle Improves Short-Chain Fatty Acid Absorption and Barrier Function in a Mouse Model for Chronic Inflammatory Diarrhea.

These findings suggest that EcN is able to proliferate in the inflamed cecum, resulting in increased microbial SCFA production, decreased inflammation, and improved gut barrier properties. In sufficient dosage, probiotics may thus be an effective anti-inflammatory strategy in the diseased gut.

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Liver Transpl

Development of posttransplant diabetes mellitus in US recipients of liver transplant is influenced by OPTN region.

The performance of a novel risk prediction model for PTDM in LTRs has improved performance with the inclusion of the OPTN region. Vigilance is recommended to centers in high-risk regions to identify PTDM and mitigate its development.

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Lack of progress in cancer related outcomes after Liver Transplantation: Mitigating risk & identifying future needs to move this needle.

Prospective studies of immunosuppression modifications needed to minimize rejection and maximize cancer response are ongoing and will reduce the fear from oncology and transplant providers alike, allowing utilization of the most optimal therapy available to the individual. This review aims to assess current data to aid in clinical management and identify the needs to fascilitate further progress in this field.

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Transforming the logistics of liver transplantation with normothermic machine perfusion: Clinical impact versus cost.

In conclusion, utilization of NMP comes with an attendant increase in cost but provides substantial clinical benefit. Transplant programs must weigh these considerations in their practice environments before initiating an NMP program.

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Pancreatology

Significant projected savings with expansion of an emergency department observation protocol for mild acute pancreatitis.

Implementation of an evidence-based, protocoled ED pathway for MAP could result in over $100 million in direct healthcare savings.

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Trends and impact of endoscopic ultrasound utilization for suspected intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.

In this series EUS over-utilization for low risk IPMN improved over time reflecting more conservative guidelines, without changing PDAC diagnosis rates. There was good agreement between cross-sectional imaging and EUS for specific PCL features.

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Reviews&Editorials

Plenty of the editorials are available as full text through the publisher website using the provided link


Miscellaneous

misc publications eg case reports, tools of the trade, images of the month, etc…

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis and Cytomegalovirus During Pregnancy: A Case Report.

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Liver Transpl

Does the utilization of machine perfusion require a boundary for livers donated after circulatory death?

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Less is more: The use of a single biodegradable stenting to treat biliary anastomotic strictures in pediatric Liver Transplantation.

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Postoperative heartbreak: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following Liver Transplantation.

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Letters&Replies

Letters to the editors and authors’ replies

Inflamm Bowel Dis

Letter: Ozanimod and Vedolizumab as First-Line Advanced Therapies in Ulcerative Colitis: Authors' Reply.

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